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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
Après avoir lu le livre Sur Ordre de Tom Clancy. J'ai eu le goût d'en lire plus sur son fameux personnage Jack Ryan (interprété au cinéma par Alec Baldwyn, Harrison Ford et Ben Affleck). Je suis allé voir sur internet et j'ai vu que son premier livre est Octobre Rouge.
Pour résumer, je dois dire que c'est l'histoire d'un capitaine de sous-marin soviétique qui décide de passer à l'Ouest. C'est alors la course pour savoir qui des Américains ou des Soviétiques le trouvera en premier. C'est alors qu'intervient Jack Ryan. Celui ci tentera de tout faire pour éviter une troisième guerre mondiale.
J'ai adoré ce livre parce qu'il ma gardé sur les nerds tout le long de la lecture. Il y a plusieurs petites intrigues que l'on est seulement capable de comprendre à la fin J'adore ce thriller politique parce que tout là -dedans est très réaliste.
Pour ce qui est des points négatif, c'est que tout ce passe confiné dans des navires ou des sous-marins. Ça ne laisse donc pas beaucoup de place à de l'action.
Je le conseille donc à tous les amateurs de politique et de la guerre froide.
Pour résumer, je dois dire que c'est l'histoire d'un capitaine de sous-marin soviétique qui décide de passer à l'Ouest. C'est alors la course pour savoir qui des Américains ou des Soviétiques le trouvera en premier. C'est alors qu'intervient Jack Ryan. Celui ci tentera de tout faire pour éviter une troisième guerre mondiale.
J'ai adoré ce livre parce qu'il ma gardé sur les nerds tout le long de la lecture. Il y a plusieurs petites intrigues que l'on est seulement capable de comprendre à la fin J'adore ce thriller politique parce que tout là -dedans est très réaliste.
Pour ce qui est des points négatif, c'est que tout ce passe confiné dans des navires ou des sous-marins. Ça ne laisse donc pas beaucoup de place à de l'action.
Je le conseille donc à tous les amateurs de politique et de la guerre froide.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Clearly well written and well researched. Clancy did a good job balancing the technical with the dramatic. His grasp of how the navy works/worked and of naval history makes him ideal for this sort of novel.
My only beef with this book is that having watched the movie first (and been raised watching similar action movies), I feel like the last quarter or third of the book suffered from drawing out the conclusion too long. The compressed timeline adds to the tension, and once the book hit the climax--or what I thought was the climax--Clancy spent too much time trying to build the suspense back up to what I think would probably be the *real* climax, had I not already known the plot from the movie.
Basically? Read the book first, otherwise you'll get bored before the end and take three weeks to finish when it should have taken you three days.
My only beef with this book is that having watched the movie first (and been raised watching similar action movies), I feel like the last quarter or third of the book suffered from drawing out the conclusion too long. The compressed timeline adds to the tension, and once the book hit the climax--or what I thought was the climax--Clancy spent too much time trying to build the suspense back up to what I think would probably be the *real* climax, had I not already known the plot from the movie.
Basically? Read the book first, otherwise you'll get bored before the end and take three weeks to finish when it should have taken you three days.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Just go watch the movie. This book is enjoyable but so much of it is taken up with technical descriptions and scenes of American politicians and the US Fleet pranking those pesky Russians. There is some good suspenseful and tense moments but this is a fairly long book and much of it is taken up with sidetracks. These sidetracks aren’t pointless but I believe the story would have been much tighter and exciting without them. The movie catches all the high points so just watch it instead.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A thrilling finish. Having already seen several of the films with mixed opinions expectations were low and hopes were high and it probably landed somewhere in the middle.
The characters were all well written and very interesting, I hope we see some make cameo's in later works, however, the scope of the book was huge and it was very difficult in the first half to keep everyone straight. I think that was broadly my problem with the book, while gripping and aiming for realism the technical jargon (in two different nationalities) was immense.
On a personal level, I was spread very thin while reading this so it did not get the attention it deserved, the last 200 pages were amazing and I will definitely be continuing the series.
Would read again on a wet winter's day with a bowl of pelmeni.
The characters were all well written and very interesting, I hope we see some make cameo's in later works, however, the scope of the book was huge and it was very difficult in the first half to keep everyone straight. I think that was broadly my problem with the book, while gripping and aiming for realism the technical jargon (in two different nationalities) was immense.
On a personal level, I was spread very thin while reading this so it did not get the attention it deserved, the last 200 pages were amazing and I will definitely be continuing the series.
Would read again on a wet winter's day with a bowl of pelmeni.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was the first time I’ve read anything by Clancy. I found the overall plot of the book intriguing and it kept me interested in finding out what would happen.
The level of detail for the technical aspects of the ships was impressive, but there were times I felt this slowed the book down and I did get lost in keeping some of the personnel straight as to who was who, and their significance.
Overall a good story, with a high tense ending.
The level of detail for the technical aspects of the ships was impressive, but there were times I felt this slowed the book down and I did get lost in keeping some of the personnel straight as to who was who, and their significance.
Overall a good story, with a high tense ending.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes